The Second Great Awakening

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Who? The Second Great Awakening:The 3 Ws Key Players Main Causes What? Why? Charles G. Finney Prominent Revivalist Involved With abolition movment, even preaching against slavery from pulpit August 29, 1792 August 16, 1875 Emphasized free will (vs. Calvinists) Response to Deism Watchmaker view of religion: Universe set in motion

God isn't involved in human affairs

Born in enlightenment--Emphasis on reason Why? Religion had grown boring

Just like the First Great Awakening, religion needed to be revitalized

Religion from the heart, not head arose Joseph Smith December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844 Regarded himself as prophet - spoken to by god - instructed to create new religion Drop in church attendance Revolution detached religion from Govt., weakening it Why? People busy making a living and building new country Why? Why? Mormonism Emphasizes human agency - Man's ability to choose own destiny

Viewed by members as the only true religion

Hostility towards Mormons forced them to move several times, eventually settling near what is today Salt Lake City, UT Protestant Revival Movement Growth in religious conversions Religious philosophy shifted Religion from the head was rejected in favor of religion from the heart

Women aren't permitted to:-vote-own property if married-participate in certain professions The Second Great Awakening Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott Seneca Falls Convention-1848 A convention to discuss women's rights "Declaration of Sentiments" ..."We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" ... The Second Great Awakening helped to sow the seeds of several social reform movements including women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery. Through its impact on the abolition movement, it influenced the United States into entering a civil war. The bottom line: